Montpelier, VT, United States (KaiserHealth) – Starting now, Vermont begins building a single-payer health system that will move many state residents into a publicly financed insurance program and pay hospitals, doctors and other providers a set fee to care for patients. Proposed by the governor and passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature, the new program will [...]
John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent Vancouver, BC, Canada (AHN Sports) – Some fans of the Vancouver Canucks did not take Wednesday night’s Game 7 loss in the Stanley Cup Finals all that well. A group of fans rampaged in the streets the Canucks’ 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins. Cars and garbage cans were [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canada is considering providing special protection for three underwater areas. New Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield identified St. Arins Bank in Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s American Bank and Shediac Valley as the potential protected areas. Ashfield’s announcement on Wednesday [...]
With a growing number of cars in the world countries like Canada or the United States and European countries, also experience a growing number of car accidents. Auto insurance became one of the main things that protects the driver from financial losses. Auto insurance is a legal contract between driver and insurance company, that not [...]
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Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) – There was an unprecedented thinning of the ozone layer over the Arctic region last winter, according to the United Nations’ meteorological agency. Scientists had anticipated the depletion, which is separate from another one in Antartica, but nonetheless urged vigilance to keep harmful ultraviolet light from [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – GO Transit announced Monday the expansion of its train fleet with the purchase of 50 new bi-level passenger rail coaches worth $125 billion. The coaches would be built by train and aircraft manufacturer Bombardier. The addition of 50 new coaches would increase the transit firm’s [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – A physician shortage is gripping northern Canadian provinces. According to a map produced by the Conference Board of Canada, the doctor-patient ratio in northern provinces reaches one medic for every 3,000 residents. In comparison, southern Canadian provinces enjoy a 1 to 400 doctor-patient ratio. Derrick [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada (AHN) – A Saskatchewan couple is complaining that a leaking carbon capture project caused them to leave their home and farm, and the death of several animals. Cameron and Jane Kerr asked Tuesday the Saskatchewan government and project operator Cenovus to make a one-year study on their [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (AHN) – Environmental groups are raising the alarm on the fast dwindling population of the caribou in Newfoundland and Labrador. From about 800,000 20 years ago, the number of the herd has been reduced to about 74,000, a 90 percent decline. The caribou provide [...]
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